Olivia Wilde & Lena Dunham Speak Out Against White Supremacy

Updated Aug. 14, 9:30 a.m. PT: Lena Dunham has joined Olivia Wilde in speaking out against the weekend’s events in Charlottesville, Virginia, with a series of Instagram posts about white supremacy. Given the fact that she has posted a series of photos, each with very strong commentary about the events that happened over the weekend of Aug. 12, Dunham appears to be one of the most vehemently vocal celebs raising their voice about this situation.

Her first post, just a black background with white text reading, “All white people are responsible for the upholding of white supremacy and for the fall of it,” with comments disabled.

In light of the horrific events in Charlottesville, Virginia, celebrities have taken hard stances against the blatant tone of Nazism and white nationalism that stood out during the “Unite the Right” rally that took place on the University of Virginia’s campus. One of the most vocal celebrities is Olivia Wilde, who shared a picture of an essay written by her mother, who is currently running for Congress in Virginia.

The events in Charlottesville involved a march on the University of Virginia’s campus Friday night ahead of a “Unite the Right” rally on Saturday. Among the more notably disturbing moments that made headlines from the event as it unfolded over the weekend was a car driving into a crowd of counterprotesters, and a helicopter crash resulted in a total of three deaths and over a dozen critical injuries. President Donald Trump reportedly refused to condemn the white nationalists, saying that violence and hatred are on “many sides.”

In response, Wilde shared a picture on her Instagram that read, “Let’s stand up for the targets of the hate groups who have descended on Charlottesville. This weekend, spend money at a minority-owned business. Give generously to a charity that supports immigrants or African-Americans. Encourage law enforcement to guard the rights of everyone in the streets, including the counter-protesters and the potential victims of the alt-right. What I’m seeing is unvarnished Nazism. ‘Blood and soil’ mixed with weapons is a terrible echo of the past.”